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Rockaway Valley Mine

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082369
MRDS ID W055105
Record type Site
Current site name Rockaway Valley Mine
Alternate or previous names Decamp Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.40402, 40.94833 (WGS84)
Elevation 226

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boonton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Morris

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN 1872 450 TONS/MONTH WERE RAISED. FROM 1879 TO 1880 500 TONS WERE RAISED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Mixed Gneiss
    Rock description Mixed Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.40402, 40.94833
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 60 SE
    Plunge 45
    Plunge direction NE
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1820
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Musconetcong Iron Works
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kunzelmann, Helen D.
    Home office 129 Monument Ave. Bennington, Vt 05201

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 25.91M
    Overall length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSISTS OF 5 OPENINGS, THE DEEPEST BEING 85 FEET DEEP

Comments on development

  • ORE WAS SENT TO STANHOPE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910. IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST;

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1873. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, 1978. ABANDONED IRON MINES OF KINNELON, BOONTON, MONTVILLE AND RIVERDALE TOWNSHIPS, MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONTAINED A LITTLE PYRITE. SMALLER SHOOTS CONTAINED MORE S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1986 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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